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Patch notes 1.1 - Live op 18 Januari

Bug Fixes
NEW 1/15 - Fixed a bug that would not grant proper credit to the first player to interact with a mission loot chest.
NEW 1/15 - Players will now receive proper Valor and mission credit when defeating another player.

General
The cooldown indicator on hotbars no longer causes all ability icons to appear grayed out (unusable). Now, when an ability is on cooldown, it will not be grayed out if its activation conditions (like resource costs or range) are met.
Using character rotation keys no longer breaks a character out of cover.

Jedi Knight

Guardian
Enure: This ability’s cooldown has been reduced to 1.5 minutes.
Force Push: Now finishes the cooldown on Force Leap.
Bug Fixes
Force Stasis: This ability is now correctly an instant ability when both Stasis Mastery and the 2-piece PvP set bonus are present.
Plasma Brand: This ability’s tooltip now properly reflects the damage it does. Its damage has not been adjusted.
Sith Warrior

Juggernaut
Endure Pain: This ability’s cooldown has been reduced to 1.5 minutes.
Force Push: Now finishes the cooldown on Force Charge.
Bug Fixes
Force Choke: This ability is now correctly an instant ability when both Force Grip and the 2-piece PvP set bonus are present.
Smuggler

General
Flash Grenade now has a 60-second cooldown.
Scoundrel

Sawbones
Accomplished Sawbones: The tooltip now reflects the actual healing bonus of 10/20/30%.
Scrapper
Underdog: The tooltip for this skill has been re-worded to clearly state which abilities are modified.
Dirty Fighting (Shared Tree)
Rough and Tumble: This skill now properly reduces the cooldown of Wounding Shots.

Companion Characters

Companions

Ashara Zavros
Ashara’s Force Blast ability has had its damage increased.
Ashara now animates correctly when using dual wield attacks.
Jaesa Willsaam
Fixed a bug that could block marriage dialogue options with this companion.
Bug Fixes
Companion abilities that have been disabled by the player no longer toggle back on when the companion is re-summoned.
Corrected an issue that caused the indicator that a companion wants to talk to you to disappear.
Companions no longer need to be re-summoned after selling trash items if the player mounts a vehicle after dispatching them.
Traveling from a Contested Area to a Contested Region now causes companions to be unsummoned correctly.

Crew Skills

Crafting Skills

Below, you’ll notice some changes to high-end Biochem and Cybertech crafted items that reduce their output. We understand that these changes may cause concern for Biochemists and Cybertechs, but we’ve made them in order to prevent a situation where any specific crafting skill becomes the objective “best choice” for players challenging endgame content or PvP. We only make this type of change after very careful consideration, and only to ensure a level and fun playing field for all players.

Artifice
All mod type item modification schematics have been removed from the Artifice trainer. These schematics were invalid, and could not be used if purchased.
Biochem
All Energized, Exotech, and Rakata adrenals and stims now require 400 Biochem for use.
The Exotech Medpac is now named “Exotech Med Unit.” Its overall healing has been reduced and is now in line with similar level medpacs, and it temporarily increases the maximum health of its targets. Use of this item now requires 400 Biochem.
The amount healed by Rakata Medpacs has been reduced. This item now additionally increases maximum health briefly. Use of this item now requires 400 Biochem.
Cybertech
Wynz-Tek grenades now require 400 Cybertech for use.
Wynz-Tek Grenades have had their damage reduced to bring them more in line with grenades of similar level.
The Wynz-Tek Firestorm grenade’s damage has been reduced to bring it in line with grenades of similar level. It now deals damage every 3 seconds over 12 seconds.

Flashpoints and Operations

Flashpoints

Maelstrom Prison
X-37 Oppressor Droid’s grapple can no longer be resisted, ensuring the fight mechanic behaves as intended.
Colicoid War Game
This Flashpoint’s mission now correctly leads the players into the Flashpoint.
The Red Reaper
The Red Reaper mission now updates correctly for the entire group when the mission is obtained on the Imperial or Republic Fleets.
Directive 7
Bulwark was dealing more damage than intended in Normal Mode. His damage output has been reduced.
Corrected an issue that caused Interrogator to sometimes spawn far more cyborgs than intended. The fight is now more manageable.
Corrected an issue that allowed Replicator to become susceptible to crowd control in Hard Mode, making the encounter easier than intended.
The False Emperor
Tregg no longer immediately initiates his whirlwind attack after leaping to a player target. Players now have more time to react and avoid whirlwind damage.
Corrected an issue that caused Jindo Krey to randomly target players with his blaster attack. He now focuses those attacks on his primary target, making him “tankable” as intended.
Players can now acquire special Pulse Grenades outside of Darth Malgus’ throne room. These grenades aid groups lacking knockback abilities in defeating him.
Operations

Eternity Vault
The Ancient Pylons now reset correctly if not solved within the allotted time.
Soa’s mind traps unintentionally had 200k health in Nightmare Mode. This amount has been reduced significantly.
The duration of the Penalty of Destiny effect in the Infernal Council encounter has been increased to 1 minute. Players are unable to assist other players in their fight for the duration of this effect.
Karagga’s Palace
Reduced the damage of Bonethrasher’s Overhead Smash attack and reduced the distance players are knocked back by his Backhand attack in Hard Mode. This gives players more room to avoid being knocked into the pit.
Bonethrasher no longer attacks players immediately after they fall into his pit when re-entering after being defeated, allowing players to regroup before engaging.

Items

General
Several tanking relics that had the incorrect stats have been corrected.
PvP
The PvP item “Heal Consumable” is now named “Warzone Medpac.” Its cooldown has been reduced from 5 minutes to 3 minutes and it now shares the 1.5-minute cooldown with other medpacs. This item can be used effectively over time, but now cannot be stacked beyond what is intended.
The PvP item “Overcharge Consumable” is now named “Warzone Expertise Adrenal.” Its cooldown has been reduced from 5 minutes to 3 minutes and it now shares a cooldown with other adrenals. It (and other adrenals) no longer stack with the PvP Power-Up that increases Expertise to prevent Expertise values from increasing beyond intended levels.
Warzone Medpacs and Warzone Expertise Adrenals no longer share a cooldown with each other.
A new line of high-end PvP relics with appropriate PvP stats have been added to PvP vendors.
Bug Fixes
Removing a modification from an item and then re-inserting it no longer causes that modification to be lost upon area transitions.
Battlemaster Bags now correctly contain Battlemaster Commendations.

Missions and NPCs

Missions

Imperial
A Dangerous Auction: The step “Travel to Hutta” now updates if the player travels there via the Imperial Fleet.
Death Marks: This mission now advances in the Star Cluster Casino regardless of player decisions regarding Yjal on Balmorra.
Enclave Raid: This mission no longer becomes blocked if players complete the task “Defeat Tarisian Enclave Masters” before completing “Recover Tarisian Artifacts.”
Hutt Hospitality: The conversation with Ambassador Rove now takes into account the outcome of a decision regarding Grub.
The Mandalorian Killer: Kellian Jarro and Thendys Noori now correctly spawn during this mission.
The Sacred Flame: Blank dialogue options no longer display during this mission’s conversations.
Republic
Back Alley: Players now receive credit for defending the point with the turret.
Lab Work: Choosing the dark side option in this mission no longer causes this mission to stop advancing.
Prison Breaking: Rist Slayers, Stalkers, Torturers, and Prison Guards now respawn correctly.
Rescue Operation: This mission now progresses normally if the player is defeated on the step “Use Your Personal Holocom” when fleeing the base.
Scorched Earth: The mission objective NPC in this mission no longer spawns as friendly and unattackable in some instances.
Shattering: Mission progression no longer becomes blocked if the player returns to the med center after being defeated in combat.
The Shadow Fist: Mission progression no longer becomes blocked if the player closes the loot window on the step “Recover the Stealth Field Generator.”
Thwarting House Thul: Thul Mercenaries, Thul Sharpshooters, and Thul Colonels now respawn properly.
NPCs

Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug that could cause specific NPCs to appear miniature-sized in conversations.
Players using the French and German clients can now obtain daily PvE missions.

PvP

World PvP

Ilum
Automated defense turrets have been added to Empire and Republic taxi spawn points.
Particle Cannons around the Empire and Republic bases now activate more reliably.
The Outlaws’ Den (Tatooine)
Chests containing Mercenary Commendations are now available again in the Outlaw’s Den.

Space Combat

Bug Fixes
Armor Upgrade 2 now has the correct armor value.

UI

General
Players now receive the appropriate message when they are unable to enter an area because they are in an Operation group.

Bug Fixes
Opening the Inventory Panel with the button on the Menu Bar now always correctly displays the reverse engineering button.
Inviting a new player to a guild no longer causes the member list to display incorrectly.

Miscellaneous Bug Fixes
Corrected an issue with older ATI cards that could cause the game to render as a black screen.
Falls on the Republic and Imperial Fleets that should lead to death now properly do so. Players who die on the Fleets now respawn at the appropriate med center.
Corrected an issue that could cause the game to crash during area transitions.
Fixed a bug that could cause players to fall through the world during or after a conversation or cinematic.
01.13.2012 01:31 PM
GeorgZoeller General Discussion -> Notes on BioChem and Cybertech in Game Update 1.1
As some of you may have already noticed from our patch notes for Game Update 1.1, we’ve made adjustments to several high-end, purple, player crafted items on the BioChem and Cybertech professions. Simply put, we reduced their overall impact on gameplay and I wanted to explain why it was necessary.

BioChem crafted medical kits were too good. In fact, they were too good both in the amount of healing they provided (often more than half a character’s health) and the frequency they could be used (every 90 seconds!). This was negatively impacting the game for everyone else. We’ve seen significant chatter both in and out of game about how players not picking up the BioChem professions would be ‘stupid’ and ‘gimping themselves’. This indicates that a small number of competitive players have been denying access to high end content based on whether a player has the BioChem Crew Skill.

Cybertech grenades, especially when stacked with additional power-ups and other temporary buffs, were creating combat damage burst potential higher than we were comfortable with and caused player versus player engagements in the game to resolve faster than intended. In fact we have additional changes to classes and consumables currently in internal testing to deal with faster than anticipated kill times in player versus player combat in a future patch.

The design intent for the game is that your choice of crafting profession should not become a requirement or ‘gating’ mechanism for participating in competitive content (PvP) and high end endgame challenges. While we certainly want players that engage in the crafting game to reap rewards for their effort, we don’t want one or two crafting professions to become the de facto ‘must have’ choice for everyone, which is what happened here.

We are extremely careful with this type of change, and understand that it can be frustrating for our players when we make them. Please understand, we make these changes not because we like to mess with your character, but because they are required to ensure a level and fun playing field for all players of the game.

At the same time, we understand that people that changed their profession because of the events described above will likely be unhappy about these changes – and while it’s easy to say ‘that’s how it goes in MMOs’, making modifications like this is something we’re always cautious about doing. At the same time, both player feedback and the data gathered from hundreds of servers made it very clear that this issue needed to be dealt with decisively now with only a small minority of players at endgame level and the vast majority of our characters in their 20s to minimize the number of affected players.

TL;DR: Fancy words for ‘we nerfed BioChem and Cybertech endgame products’ because they were so good that players started considering them mandatory. Your choice of profession is not supposed to be the deciding factor for participation and success in endgame content. We still believe that BioChem and Cybertech are very worthwhile Crew Skills, especially considering the significant fortune players with these professions are able to realize on the GTN... they are however no longer the ‘golden ticket’ into endgame content.

Bug Fixes
NEW 1/15 - Fixed a bug that would not grant proper credit to the first player to interact with a mission loot chest.
NEW 1/15 - Players will now receive proper Valor and mission credit when defeating another player.

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I mean, a young woman gets saved by a dashing commander who lets her join his crew and then goes off to save the galaxy?
How could she possibly develop any kind of interest in him? ”Tali'Zorah vas Normandy

Only toward when gentle Jesus, meek and mild, makes his appearance are those who won't accept the message told they must depart into everlasting fire. Is this morality, is this ethics?

I submit not only is it not, not only does it come with the false promise of vicarious redemption, but it is the origin of the totalitarian principle which has been such a burden and shame to our species for so long.

Only toward when gentle Jesus, meek and mild, makes his appearance are those who won't accept the message told they must depart into everlasting fire. Is this morality, is this ethics?

I submit not only is it not, not only does it come with the false promise of vicarious redemption, but it is the origin of the totalitarian principle which has been such a burden and shame to our species for so long.